Jennifer, I am so happy for you. You deserve this recognition and MORE! As someone above said, I believe great things are in store for you. You are such an inspiration; not only as a champion of vegan cooking, but you have shown us what one creative person can do when they are dedicated and passionate. You ROCK!!!

Congratulations! You definately deserve this award, and it is likely the first of many to come. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us! My day is not complete until I've checked in here to see what you've conjoured up.

And well deserved it is! I love your blog and I'm not even a veggie. But I'm eating more meatless meals b/c of people like you and what's more, I've bought my own Laptop Lunch Box. I've packed it for its very first trip out to work tomorrow!

I got goosebumps for you!! Like Arline said...It totally is amazing what one little ripple can do...I am amazed and excited by the number of people who comment (and I'm sure the hundreds more who visit) daily...And now that number is only going to multiply! Congratulations on your wonderful recognition, and may this path you have set yourself on bring you many more rewards in life...The best of course you are already experiencing through the caring and compassionate son you are raising, who from the sounds of it will follow in your trail-blazing path.

I am so excited for you, Jennifer! It's wonderful to have a 'ome town woman' winning this award! Congratulations on winning the PeTA Proggy Award! Has the Tri-City Herald picked up the story yet? They really NEED TO!

I am so proud! I stumbled upon your blog after recently going vegetarian- working towards becoming a vegan. I even added a link to my blog (no one visits as of yet-i just started). This serves as inspiration and I have every intention of raising my future children as vegans. Congrats and best of luck! See all that good Karma is coming back to you!

A little ripple here--I'm not even vegetarian yet, much less vegan, but my husband and I are making baby steps and I visit your blog regularly for ideas. I'd say we are 80% vegetarian now. This blog was part of my motivational speech for us making positive changes in our diet (i.e. "See, honey, it doesn't have to be weird--I can even make cool lunches for the kids). Thanks for the ideas and hopefully we will be joining you one day soon in the world of the fully converted!

Fantastic news!! You truely do deserve it. You are an inspiration and so dang funny!! A daily routine I have started with my five year old is to show him your sons lunches, slowly he is starting to lean more towards veggies. he even said he was a "schmoo" the other night while eating some carrots and Hummus, YEAH!!! I am so happy for you!!

I just KNEW it! You deserve it jennifer shmoo. more than you can imagine, your blog is so wonderful. So absolutely wonderful. As a new vegan (two months... less than shmoo has been in school!) I have been inspired by this wee blog. Thanks babe, Celebrate!

Congrats - it's an award you truely deserve. As for great things instore, since you are already publishing a cookbook, maybe you should try out for The next Food Network Star - then, you could have your own vegan cooking show!

My tardiness is inexcusable, but... Congratulations and then some on your award. It's so gratifying to see a great blog get the attention it deserves. Vegan Lunch Box does such a wonderful job of showng the warm, nurturing, fun, and shmoo aspects of veganism.